Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness (1995)

Introduction by Ignacio Bernaola

Well, I guess this one may be strange for progressive rock fans but so
it was to me when I found DPRP writing about the mighty Smashing
Pumpkins.

Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness was the first album I bought (I'm
"only" 35) and it was different to everything else I was listening at
that time. Without knowing it, that album opened my ears, and made me
open my mind to different styles. A few years later and I was listening
to many prog bands and reading DPRP almost every day. Then I discovered
this great review article by Joakim Jahlmar, who put into words
everything I have always thought about Mellon Collie & The Infinite
Sadness.

I won't start a discussion about what is the progressive rock genre but
I really think that this album would have received more attention from
the progressive community if it had not coincided in time with the rise
of alternative rock. As well as their 1998 album, Adore, these two
albums are great pieces of modern progressive rock made by a fantastic
alternative rock band.

Read our special feature on this album written by Joakim Jahlmar in September 2002Read it here.